A Skirt Through History

Anne Lister had a secret life that would have shocked local society.

In 1858, Victorian editor Bessie Parks founded the first newspaper run by women for women.

The remarkable story of two women who became the subjects of experiments by men.

In 1912, Sarah Benett and composer Ethel Smyth shared neighbouring cells in Holloway Prison.

Painter Artemisia Gentileschi has been remembered more for being a loose woman than an artist.

Investigating the only two British women to write first-hand accounts of slavery.